He began to suffer from writer's block, and said 'Every time I picked up a guitar I just got the horrors. Troubled by new acts he perceived to be imitating Radiohead's style, he believed his music had become part of a constant background noise he described as 'fridge buzz', and became openly hostile to the music media. 'I always used to use music as a way of moving on and dealing with things, and I sort of felt like that the thing that helped me deal with things had been sold to the highest bidder and I was simply doing its bidding. In 2010, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, and The Times named Kid A 'the greatest album of the 2000s', and in 2012, Rolling Stone placed Kid A at number 67 on its updated list of 'The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time'. Its slight departure from Radiohead's earlier sound initially received a mixed reaction from fans and critics, but later attracted widespread acclaim. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Album, and received a nomination for Album of the Year. Despite this, Kid A debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, where it went platinum in its first week of sales, and became Radiohead's first album to debut at number one on the US Billboard 200. Instead, it was promoted by being made available to stream online, with 16 to 30-second 'anti-videos' inspired by its artwork also being released.ДЇile sharing services shared bootlegs of early performances, and the album was leaked before its planned release. Radiohead chose not to release any commercial singles or music videos to promote Kid A, conducting few interviews and photoshoots. The recording sessions produced over 40 tracks, with 20 of them being finished the band saved half of the finished material for their next album Amnesiac, which was released the following year. Radiohead recorded and co-produced Kid A with OK Computer producer Nigel Godrich in Paris, Copenhagen, Gloucestershire, and their hometown of OxfordВ from January 1999 to April 2000. As a result, Radiohead incorporated synthesisers, drum machines, and the ondes Martenot into their instrument lineup, as well as influences from genres such as krautrock and electronica. After suffering a near-mental breakdown while touring in support of their previous album OK Computer, the band's lead singer and songwriter Thom Yorke envisioned a slight change in musical direction for their next album. It was first released on 2 October 2000 in the United Kingdom by Parlophone and a day later in the United States by Capitol Records. Nigel Godrich Kid A is the fourth studio album by English rock band Radiohead.

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